The Great and Secret Knowledge

Jeff Richardson
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A speculative fiction podcast by Jeff Richardson and friends, in which they dive deeply into the text of a variety of stories from all manner of different media.

  1. 6D AGO

    3 Issues of Bamse: World's Strongest Bear with Sofia

    Just a quick diversion from our Star Trek coverage to read three issues of Sweden's most beloved cartoon bear, Bamse! This little guy is so strong! We've got issues spanning from 1973 to 2002, including a Winter issue with Christmas stuff! Sofia and Jeff love this comic!   Direct Download Link   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles   It's Bigger on the Inside! Dog Zoo Christmas Goat The World Champion of Meanness Recommendations   The Ark (Swedish band) Dungeon Crawler Carl The Unspoiled Star Trek Project Links   Donald Duck Archie World's first ethanol vehicle Star Trek Tomte the Christmas gnome will kill your bulls Lulyuluyu song Snall Burning of the Xmas goat Bandy Krösus Sork the Vole Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    1h 32m

  2. FEB 3

    Star Trek: TNG Season One, Episode 25 "The Neutral Zone" with Sofia

    In this one Sofia and Jeff tackle "The Neutral Zone", the final episode of season one and a pretty darn good season finale!   Direct Download Link   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Recommendations The Dispossessed Dungeon Crawler Carl Spoil Me Shattered Worlds RPG Links Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Women fainting from tight corsets Lack of the term "homemaker" in Sweden "Pitwoffies" Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship Harlan Ellison's feelings about Star Trek humans Multiple Personality Disorder (or DID) Satanic Panic Star Trek: Discovery The Martian Ducktales Donald Duck Ducktalks.com Ducktales "Send in the Clones" S1 E44 A Memory Called Empire

    1h 32m

  3. JAN 28

    The Princess Bride, Part 2 with Jessie Rye

    In this one, we complete our epic coverage of this most wonderful of films. The Princess Bride is one of the best films of all time and we give it the old once over. Links to things we talk about below!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl  on Bluesky   Possible Show Titles   He's a Bad Guy Chekhov's Bootknife Adrenaline is a Hell of a Drug Shh, You're Ruining My Argument Recommendations   The Sopranos Brief Cases Side Character Quest Podcast Party of One Podcast The Taskmaster Podcast The Way of Kings Blackout/All Clear Links   The Handmaid's Tale Fright Night (1985) Little Women (1984) Bull Durham Thelma & Louise The NeverEnding Story The Addams Family American Psycho Father Brown Queen Elizabeth's funeral The death of Louis XIV Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum Scold's bridle George W. Bush advocating for torture Smee from Peter Pan A Christmas Story Looney Tunes Disney's Gummi Bears Frasier Bianchi and Buono The Moors Murders Spider-Man Everything Everywhere All at Once The Offer Dude Cinema  La La Land The Mighty Ducks Mulan Neighbors Book of the New Sun series The Wonder Years Bojack Horseman City Slickers Soap America's Sweethearts Willow Monty Python and the Holy Grail Life of Brian Genesis Exodus Winter Solstice and Christmas Easter The Prince of Egypt The English Patient In Bruges The Monarchy and the Church The latest Feist book The Wheel of Time Link to Mandy Patinkin on Tiktok Mark Knopfler Addams Family Values Good Will Hunting Matilda The Pagemaster Stranger Than Fiction The Muppets Robin Hood: Men in Tights "Comb the desert!" Labyrinth Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Mistborn

    2h 25m

  4. JAN 20

    The Princess Bride, Part 1 with Jessie Rye

    Jessie and Jeff are back to discuss this most precious of masterpieces, The Princess Bride. They cover all manner of topics and quote the film incessantly. It's just what you'd expect from two autistic socialists who love fantasy. You'll love it!   Direct Download Link   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl  on Bluesky   Possible Show Titles Smazzhole Watch Your Feet, B**** This is Patriarchy William Goldman's Misogyny Recommendations  Kill James Bond King Me Podcast She's Fantastical: The First Anthology of Australian Women's Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism and Fantasy Links Rob Reiner Stand By Me When Harry Met Sally… The Wizard of Oz This is Spinal Tap South Park Amanda Brotchie Gentleman Jack Squinters It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Andre the Giant The Grand Nagus Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Community Forrest Gump "Pull your finger out" Willow Sega Genesis/Megadrive Hannya mask Christmas crackers Lady Columbo The Wonder Years WCW Backpfeifengesicht: "a face that is screaming out to be punched" floppy fringe hair Florins and guilders Charles and Diana's wedding The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland Do not think it means meme Various fencing schools Nicholas II and land war in Asia Women's underwear in Renaissance Europe Downton Abbey Jurassic Park and Koala sounds Book of the New Sun series The Blade Itself (The First Law Trilogy: Book I) Smee from Peter Pan Doctor Who IT: Welcome to Derry Roald Dahl's short stories

    1h 51m
  5. Star Trek: TNG Season One Episode 24 "Conspiracy" with Sofia

    JAN 15

    Star Trek: TNG Season One Episode 24 "Conspiracy" with Sofia

    In this one, Sofia and Jeff take on one of the greats: Conspiracy! We got bugs, we got bugged up officers living for the drama, we got Riker with his legs spread wide. This is it, baby. Set your phasers to kill, because Jean-Luc Picard is coming home. And he's not too happy about it. Direct Download Link   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles Victim Cardigans The Yurgs NegaQuinn Evil Auditor Recommendations Grapes of Wrath The Host Mary Poppins Queen Demon Terror of the Zygons Invasion of the Body Snatchers Links Swedish elections Animorphs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Stargate SG-1 The Furies of Calderon Star Trek: Picard Fire in the Sky The Orville The X-Files Thelma & Louise Star Trek: Nemesis Star Trek: Generations Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Star Trek: Section 31

    1h 42m

  6. JAN 13

    Mary Poppins, Part 2 with Jessie Rye

    In this one, we wrap up our Mary Poppins coverage in another extremely succinct discussion!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram   Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl  on Bluesky Possible Show Titles Welcome to Jessie Time These Tales Are Eating Their Own Snakes Lousy With Tangents The Maybe Furry That I Am All Nannies Are Bastards Goats Butt It's Doing Strange Things to Makeup (and Fruit) Don't Be a Hater, Folks! It's Bad For Your Heart If We Don't Mention Doctor Who, Is It Really a Podcast? We Can't Do This Recommendations Dungeon Crawler Carl Sunrise on the Reaping Dumplin' Jessie on SWRPG Links Red Dwarf TOFOP 2 Guys One Cup Adam Richard Has a Theory Walking the Room FOFOP Doctor Who Wil Anderson's standup Good News Week The Doug Anthony All Stars Smodcast Maron Jen Kirkman Spicks and Specks Whovians Hard Quiz Glitter+ The Emancipation of Mimi Starfinder Sako Tumi, our Vampire the Masquerade GM   (at 23:50 we finally start the plot points)   Disney's Robin Hood The Black Cauldron The Sword in the Stone Eleanor of Aquitaine The Crusades Sailor Moon A Christmas Carol Bedknobs and Broomsticks Antidisestablishmentarianism Defenestrations in Prague Wicked Jack Ryan business Shazam Are Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson brothers? The Sound of Music The Von Trapp Family Mary Poppins Returns Anne of Green Gables Book Week Pippi Longstocking The Brady Bunch You Can't Do That On Television Rocco's Modern Life Pokemon Ren and Stimpy Daria The Nanny Girls The Super Nanny Peter Pan Hook Meet Me in St. Louis The Dresden Files British Royalty The Big Short AnnaGoddaDaveeda Bibbity Bobbity Boo Sleeping Beauty C & C Music Factory Singin' in the Rain Downton Abbey 2 Les Misérables Graham crackers The Temperance Movement Boston Tea Party Scooby-Doo Crash Training Day Reality Bites William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Titanic The Revenant The Wolf of Wall Street What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Tropic Thunder Torchwood Two Watch Who Dolly Parton Daniel Sloss

    2h 46m

  7. JAN 2

    Mary Poppins, Part 1 with Jessie Rye

    We did it! Mary Poppins is finally here and boy howdy, there's a lot going on. We cover a myriad of topics (which you can see down in the links section). We stuck an entire 20+ minute chat at the end about Wicked, the book, and it's a doozy! This is part 1 of 2 mega Poppins so get strapped in, folks!   Direct Download   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye   @kosmiccowgirl  on Bluesky Possible Show Titles The Thropps Were a Thrupple Gritty Roobeet A Stein of Some Kind Jeff's No Fun I Am Very Cross Tarred With That Feather P.L. NoFunHavers Jeff's Speechless Recommendations So I Got to Thinking - The Sex and the City Podcast The Sapling Cage Queen of Storms The Subway by Chappell Roan Gareth Reynolds' comedy album Links Disney's Robin Hood Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bedknobs and Broomsticks Neuschwanstein Castle Doctor Who The Boer War Term for soldier who never sees action Saving Mr. Banks "Rootin' in the Back of the Ute" Downton Abbey Wil Anderson The Double Dissolution of the Australian Parliament The Prohibition Era The Mitford Sisters Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists The Shaggy Dog The Matrix Darby O'Gill and the Little People The Great Land of Small The Sound of Music Victor/Victoria British Pantomime Greenwich Mean Time Peter Pan Bridgerton Queen Charlotte Mrs Pankhurst clapped in irons again Women's suffrage in Australia Sufragette Iron Jawed Angels Poison and divorce Cool People Who Do Cool Stuff episode on poison supplier Sending letters to Santa in the chimney Drop Bears Call the Midwife Fixed-Point Perspective Wicked Juno Little Miss Sunshine Trailer Park Boys (if i cant smoke and swear im f****d) So I Got to Thinking Sex and the City Recap Podcast The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Juno Dawson's Trans Alice book Queen Demon Walking the Room Justin Hamilton Podcast Harry Styles The Misfits Coda Conduct Star Trek: The Next Generation Section 31 Dude Cinema Swiss Army Man

    2h 49m

  8. 12/24/2025

    Star Trek: TNG Season One Episode 23 "We'll Always Have Paris" with Sofia

    Sofia and Jeff are back to discuss a fairly uneven but overall enjoyable episode of science fiction television! It's Star Trek: The Next Generation and in this one Picard gets to show his softer side. Also three Datas! "Enough, Data!" Direct Download   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Title Can I Put My Console in There? Recommendations The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Sapling Cage Links Aromantic HGH and RFK, Jr. Star Trek: Voyager The Expanse  Le Corbusier The Mamas & the Papas No Doubt Fleetwood Mac Belinda Carlisle Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek: The Original Series Jackbox Doctor Who Gilmore Girls Gray's Anatomy Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Casablanca

    1h 45m
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A speculative fiction podcast by Jeff Richardson and friends, in which they dive deeply into the text of a variety of stories from all manner of different media.

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